TEXAS - The resurgent oil and gas industry helped two Texas areas — Midland and Odessa — rank No. 1 and No. 2 in economic growth for U.S. metro areas in 2012, according the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Overall, real GDP rose in 305 of the nation’s 381 metro areas in 2012, fueled mainly by durable-goods manufacturing, trade and financial services. The average U.S. real GDP growth in 2012 was 3.1 percent, up from 1.9 percent in 2011.